Nov 22
Why qualitative research for medical device design?
The value of qualitative research in a highly regulated industry
When designing medical devices, it is important to remember that, just like consumer products, the devices we are creating interact with humans. They will be used by humans, on humans. Aspects of design like comfort, perception, behavior, information communication, all play a role in creating this interactive experience. It is safe to say that human behavior and perception is not calculable or quantitative. This requires us to employ qualitative research for medical device design studies and techniques.
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Congratulations! You’ve conceptualized and prototyped a functional medical device that will improve the lives of countless others!
Waste in manufacturing drives up product costs affecting both short term profitability and the long-term adoption curve. 
Having overcome the challenges of transferring a product design into manufacturing, it is time to enter a new process cycle. At this stage, Supply Chain Reports are essential to assess and monitor costs, processing and material flow.
Our manufacturing leaders recently convened on Zoom to identify changes we’ve made for manufacturing safety and efficiency during COVID-19 and offer tips for delivering a healthy, productive manufacturing operation.
How many have you made?
Rapid technological advancement is often triggered by external events such as international conflicts, political pressure, economic downturn, competitions or disease. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the drive for technological advancement. Scientists, engineers and innovators have risen to the challenge by doing that which they do best – designing, building and prototyping.
In this post, I’d like to share with you a toolkit that I’ve found works quite well with both my creative process and my workflow: the Jupyter notebook, and the Python/Numpy/Scipy stack.
What the standard says and what you should know.
A critical component of Human Factors input during product design is evidence – based, user-centered feedback, gathered from conducting formative usability activities. We use two main approaches to gathering such feedback: Formative Evaluations and Formative Testing. This blog details the differences between these methods, and the appropriate circumstances for their application.
